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The Food Fix
by The Food Fix
How to feed the world.Every Tuesday at five a.m. Join in on the conversation on Facebook and Twitter @msufoodfix.
Episodes
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Episode 166: Kombucha & Meat Alternatives & Microplastics, Oh My!
Three topics, one host. Welcome to Anna's last episode where she explores three issues plaguing the minds of food fixers everywhere. Thank you for the support, it's been an honor to chat food with ya'll. Now go forth and plant the seeds of sustainable food systems. Bye! Shoot me an email while I...
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Episode 165: A Lifelong Food Fixer
I've been hosting this podcast for a semester. This week's guest has been fixing food for decades. Listen to hear the journey of a lifelong pursuit to better the food systems for so many. Food Fixin' Guest: George Vutetakis Plantasia Foods: https://www.plantasiafoods.com/ Only Plant Based! Foods...
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Episode 164: Let's talk about seed libraries
This week, we learn about how to better seed the world! Get it? Okay, but have you heard that libraries aren't just for books anymore? Michigan has a vast network of seed libraries connecting people, sharing seeds and growing the knowledge of how we cultivate plants on our Earth. Learn about seed...
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Episode 163: Students Feeding Detroit
Wayne State University's Detroit Feedback Loop is a nonprofit taking food that would otherwise be wasted by local businesses and school cafeterias and giving it back to the community. Hear about this student-led organization's journey. Optimal Officiator: Ryan Mangulabnan - Detroit Feedback Loop...
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Episode 162: McDonald's vs the Plastic Wave
McDonald's serves over 69 million people daily. Where does all the trashed packaging go? Landfills. But what if they had reusable packaging and silverware in store? How would that small change make a big impact on the amount of plastic going into our oceans? As You Sow is a shareholder advocacy...
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Episode 161: A Conversation on Corn
Tar spots are a big problem for corn! A fungal disease that damages the plant and reduces crop yield. Luckily, science is on the case! This week we hear from Professor Addie Thompson from the Thompson Maize Lab at Michigan State University about her research in corn tar spots and why corn is the...
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Episode 160: Feed Seaweed to the Cows!
Livestock has a new diet and they have gone green. Metaphorically because the seaweed is actually red but it helps reduce methane emissions. Learn about the magic of asparagopsis and why less burps is better for the world. Cow Connoisseur: Cassandra Kelly https://www.future-feed.com/ Belting…
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Episode 159: Too Good to Go
Food waste? There's an app for that! Too Good to Go is combating food waste, one surprise bag at a time. Bag Bringer: Sara Soteroff https://www.toogoodtogo.com/en-us Tunes Ringer: The Freezer Bees https://open.spotify.com/artist/1q31dwXas9055bylUCkEMp?si=6lNYXjGoSY-tt-L-EdGY_A Some more things to...
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Episode 158: Eating with the Ecosystem
This non profit has a bone to pick with overfishing of species. Eating with the Ecosystem is on a mission to promote a place-based approach to maintaining New England's seafood. First Mate: Kate Masury https://www.eatingwiththeecosystem.org/ Citizen science research:...
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Episode 157: Composting Pickup Service
Compost pickup, coming to a city near you! In today's episode I talked with Tim from Bennett Compost, a company that picks up compost from over 6,000 households and 100 businesses in the Philadelphia, PA area weekly. Talk about waste removal! King of Compost: Tim Bennett...
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Episode 156: Finabar Chocolate
A chocolate bar whose packaging can be planted to grow wildflowers?! Join me as I unwrap the story of this sweet treat and all of its benefits. Sweet Guests: Yolanda Neumüller Greg Shortt https://www.finabar.com/ Instagram: @finabar Savory Tunes: The Freezer Bees...
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Episode 155: Eating Lionfish
Got to eat these fish to beat these fish. Lionfish are king of the Atlantic. But what happens when the Cayman Islands fight back by having lionfish derbys? Champion Chef: Thomas Tennant https://tomfooderykitchen.com/ Instagram: @Tomfooderycayman Tappin Tunes: The Freezer Bees...
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Episode 154: Microgreens
You may have seen these little greens at the grocery store or on your fancy toast, but did you know what they can do for your nutrition? Well buckle up food fixers because you're about to find out. Super cool guest: Devin Brewer Duper rad music: The Freezer Bees...
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Episode 153: Vermicomposting
Worms. They wriggle they wobble and they eat the food you left on your plate. Big thank you to the MSU Recycling Center and Surplus store for giving me a tour. I love my job. Special Guest: Sean Barton https://msurecycling.com/vermicompost/ Special Tunes: The Freezer Bees...
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Episode 152: 10 Cents a Meal for Michigan's Kids and Farms
***EDIT: FoodCorps is a national non-profit that is focused on food education. This is different from FoodCORE which is run through the CDC. 10 cents doesn't sound like a whole lot for a meal... but we learn why Michigan schools and child care programs benefit so much from that boost. Even the...
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Episode 151: Cass Says Goodbye, Anna Says Hello
Now read the title to the tune of "Hello, Goodbye" by the Beatles. It's what Cassidy would have wanted. This is Cassidy's final episode of The Food Fix. Now that she's graduated with her degree in environmental science, she's taking some time to travel and unwind. But she plans to keep working in...
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Episode 150: Octopuses
First of all, octopuses are the coolest animals ever. Second of all, it's octopuses, not octopi. Third of all, octopuses are super resilient. Remember climate change? That thing killing the polar bears? Well it's also killing a lot of the fish that you like to eat. But not octopuses. Why? Refer...
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Episode 149: Perennial Grains Taste Test
Battle of the cinnamon rolls. In this extra sweet sequel, Cassidy chats with co-reporter Jake Christie to get to the bottom of the biggest question you were probably left with after the perennial grains episode. Do... they... taste... good? Eat breakfast alongside us this week, and as a refresher...
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Episode 148: Hunting Sustainably
I know I know. Cassidy, the vegan, is promoting hunting on her show? Sounds fishy. Well believe it or not, Cassidy isn't totally anti-meat consumption. She's just anti-unsustainable meat consumption. Most of the meat you buy at the store has been grown, harvested, processed and shipped in a way...
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Episode 147: Space Food
I mean come on was the title not enough of a grab? Everyone loves space... probably. How do astronauts eat in zero gravity? Can we grow food in space? Why should you be concerned with the 96 bags of human waste we've left on the moon? I mean surely you're hooked by now, but for those of you still...
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Episode 146: Eating Crayfish
Crayfish? Crawfish? Crawdads? Regardless, they're terrorizing the state of Minnesota with their tiny claws and big appetites. The rusty crayfish is invasive in Minnesota, and they've become a massive problem. But Garrett Lima and Yusef Orest came up with a clever solution, and an even more clever...
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Episode 145: Diaries of a WWOOFer
You sleep in a storage container. You poop in a bucket. You pick weeds under the hot sun for six hours a day. You live on a mountain and wait for food to be delivered every week, and when it gets there, you hide all the chocolate from your roommates. And you're not paid. BUT... you're in Hawaii....
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Episode 144: Foraging
Picture this: a world where you're surrounded by free food. The only catch is if you eat the wrong thing you'll drop dead... or at least, get really sick. Well that world is Earth- you just probably don't see it that way. But Gabrielle sure does. In warm months, 80 percent of her diet is made up…
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Episode 143: What in the World is WWOOFing?
Want a taste of farming without committing to a career of it? Want to hear Cassidy reminisce on her farm days? Want to learn about abandoned reindeer? Well, we don't really cover that last question, but the words "abandoned reindeer" are actually spoken in this episode and that should be enough…
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Episode 142: Perennial Grains
PERENNIAL GRAINS BABY! What if our crops grew back every year like your lawn does every spring? I know what you're thinking. "Cassidy, you're off your rocker. Everyone knows that almost all food plants are grown as annuals, and that's why we need farmers to replant them every year. It's…
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Episode 141: Bees in the D
Why are the hippies always screaming about "saving the bees?" Well because the hippies are smart. Don't disrespect the hippies. Bees make the world go round! Bees make plants grow and plants make food grow. And now that urban agriculture is gaining traction, we need bees in the city. This week...
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Episode 140: Deep Winter Greenhouses
Remember at the peak of COVID when there was a meat shortage across the Unites States? Long story short, that issue stemmed back to our heavy reliance on a few major meat packaging factories. If we had more ways of obtaining out meat, that probably wouldn't have happened. This was the example…
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Episode 139: To Eat Bugs, or Not to Eat Bugs
In this episode, Cassidy finally reveals that she's vegan, and then spends a few minutes yelling about it. But if you can get past her tone, you'll learn that meat consumption is huge source of fossil fuel emissions in the western world. Plant-based meats have become a valuable tool in addressing...
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Episode 138: Permaculture!
Not so fun fact about the Earth- our population is growing and our land is not. We've got a lot of people to feed and not a lot of space to do it. But what if there were a way to grow more food on less land? Oh wait, there is! This week host Cassidy Hough interviews Connor Culbertson, a real-life...
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Episode 137: Farming with Human Waste?
The Netherlands is the second largest exporter of agriculture products in the world- behind the United States. To decrease the environmental toll that standard fertilizers have on the planet, the Dutch are toying with the idea of using human waste instead. But is it effective? Would people buy…
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Episode 136: Avocados do More Than Satisfy Hunger
In Taylor's last episode as podcast host she covers a study that found eating at least two servings of avocado a week might lower your risk of cardiovascular disease. Follow us and join the conversation @msufoodfix on Facebook and Twitter. For more information:Avocado Consumption and Risk of...
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Episode 135: Why Does This Matter?
In today's episode our host, Taylor Haelterman, answers some of the most frequently asked questions about her work covering food innovation and research. Follow us and join the conversation @msufoodfix on Facebook and Twitter. For more information (in order of mention): USDA Food Security...
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Episode 134: The Importance of Local Farmers' Pumpkin Seeds in Egypt
In this episode, two researchers discuss their work collecting pumpkin seeds from farmers in Egypt with the goals of conservation and fighting food insecurity. The seeds were analyzed to see if the local varieties can be used to grow future pumpkins that are well adapted to the environment and...
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Episode 133: Why Are Salmon Eating Human Food?
Did you know that over 90% of the wild-caught fish used to feed farmed salmon are food-grade, meaning they could be consumed by humans? So why aren't they fed to humans? And can salmon be farmed more efficiently? Today's guest, David WIller, is a zoology research fellow at the University of...
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Episode 132: A New Use For Insect Waste
In the first in-person interview episode since the re-launch, Taylor speaks to a PhD candidate at Wageningen University about using waste from insect production (as in insects used for food and feed) to create sustainable crops by promoting plant growth, health, pollination and resilience. Follow...
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Episode 131: Does Your Diet Feed Depression?
Today Jessica Bayes joins the podcast to discuss her study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. It found that young men who switched from a poor diet to a healthy mediterranean diet saw improvements in their depression symptoms. For some, it was improvement enough to go from a medium to...
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Episode 130: 2,000 Fruit Trees and Counting
Today the president of the Baltimore Orchard Project, Deborah Howard, joins the podcast to talk about how the volunteer run non-profit plants fruit trees across the city. The team has planted over 2,000 fruit trees across Baltimore, Maryland, since 2012 and has harvested over 16,000 pounds of...
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Episode 129: Will Seaweed Be Your New Favorite Protein Source?
As the human population increases and finding more protein options becomes critical, seaweed growers may be able to use leftover water from the food industry as a fertilizer to make the plant grow faster and contain more protein. Kristoffer Stedt, a PhD Student in the Department of Marine…
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Episode 128: How Do Bees Like Their Flowers?
This week Péter Batáry joins the podcast to talk about how effective different agricultural methods are at supporting wild bee populations. It turns out the answers are more complicated than the data shows. Batáry is the founder of the Lendület Landscape and Conservation Ecology Research Group at...
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Episode 127: Why Do People Choose Meat Alternatives?
What motivates consumers' to eat meat alternatives like tofu, chickpeas and plant based meats? Is it health concerns, animal welfare, environmental concerns, or a combination of factors? Researcher Nick Marcus answers those questions in today's episode with the results of a study he co-authored...
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Episode 126: A Storage Change to Extend Produce Shelf Life
In this episode, guest reporter Caroline Miller talks to the owner of Country Mill Farms in Charlotte, Michigan about a storage innovation that extends the life of their produce. These new storage bins come from the French company, Janny MT. Follow us and join the conversation @msufoodfix on...
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Episode 125: Nutcase Vegans say Plant-Based Food is Better for you and the Planet
In this episode, guest reporter Jonus Cottrell talks to the owners of Nutcase VeganMeats about the benefits of eating plant-based food. These physicians-turned-entrepreneursfound themselves dissatisfied with the meat-replacement market and decided to createtheir own product that is better for...
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Episode 124: Sharing Seeds Brings More to the Table Than a Snack
This episode features the founder of the Michigan Seed Library Network, Bevin Cohen. He travels the state to establish community seed libraries that distribute parcels of seeds so individuals can learn to grow their own produce. Patrons return the seeds from produce they grow to the library. Seed...
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Episode 123: The Mobile Market That Rescues Food
In this episode reporter Genevieve Fox covers a non-profit organization in Detroit working to relieve food insecurity and waste with mobile pantries. Forgotten Harvest's Marketing and Communications Director, Christopher Ivey, talks to her about the data tracking used to find neighborhoods with...
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Episode 122: Growing Salad Greens Seven Feet High In Detroit
In this episode our host, Taylor Haelterman, expresses her frustration with slimy salad greens and learns about a Detroit-based company looking to solve that problem. Planted Detroit's Leader of Plant Health & Employee Success, Kelly Sharpe, explains why greens get slimy so fast and how the…
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Episode 121: The Dietary Change That Increases Life Expectancy
In this episode Lars Fadness, professor of global public health and primary care at the University of Bergen, explains his research on a dietary change that can add over a decade to your life expectancy. He also talks about the tool he and his team created to help estimate the impacts of your...
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Episode 120: Urban Gardening for Sustainability, Community and Profit
This episode features Josh Rosenstein the owner and founder of Edible Eden Baltimore Foodscapes. He talks about how his company designs, installs, and maintains edible gardens and ecological landscaping for homeowners, businesses and schools in Baltimore, Maryland, and how he struggles to balance…
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Episode 119: Choosing Chicken Over Beef Can Lower Your Carbon Footprint
In this episode of the Food Fix, our host, Taylor Haelterman, speaks to Diego Rose, professor of nutrition and food security at Tulane University, about his recent study that found swapping out "high-impact" foods, like choosing to eat poultry or pork instead of beef, can lower your carbon and...
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Episode 118: The Food Waste Fight
In this episode our host, Taylor Haelterman, dives into food waste consequences and solutions with Katy Hart, operations director of the non-profit organization ReFED. The majority of America’s food is intended for consumption, but much of it doesn’t end up being consumed. The people at ReFED are...
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Episode 117: Can Farmers Chase Migrating Crops?
In this episode of the Food Fix our host, Taylor Haelterman, and journalist, Sheldon Krause, break down the impacts of the warming climate on Michigan crops and how it might affect what farmers can grow in the future. Follow us and join the conversation @msufoodfix on Facebook and Twitter.…
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